by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Jun 27, 2013 | LDS and Jewish beliefs
Yiddish is the language of eastern European, or Ashkenazic Jews. Yiddish is not Hebrew, which remains (with Aramaic) the Jews’ language of prayer and religious ceremonies. Hebrew is the official language of Israel. Yiddish uses the letters of the Hebrew...
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Jun 10, 2013 | Jewish History
From The Wisdom in the Hebrew Alphabet Rabbi Michael Munk The Hebrew alphabet, to a Jew, is a part of every day, in prayer in Torah study, or other areas of jewish activity… we seldom look back to the letters that meant so much when we were little children… But the...
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Jun 6, 2013 | LDS and Jewish beliefs
The Jewish national period of mourning.<a by Rabbi Shraga Simmons The “Three Weeks” between the 17th of Tammuz and the Tisha B’Av have historically been days of misfortune and calamity for the Jewish people. During this time, both the First and...
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | May 21, 2013 | LDS and Jewish beliefs
The following article was written by a dear friend who has kindly given permission for its inclusion here. Your comments are appreciated. “Faithful accounts of the 17th Century exodus from Europe, crossing treacherous Atlantic waters to a new land, chronicle the...
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | May 6, 2013 | Jewish History
“The Jews are the most tenacious people in history. Hebron is there to prove it. It lies 20 miles south of Jerusalem, 3,000 feet up in the Judaean hills. There, in the Cave of Machpelah, are the Tombs of the Patriarchs. According to ancient tradition, one...
